FWO v Woolworths and Coles: a deeper dive

In September 2025, the Federal Court of Australia delivered a major ruling on the wage theft saga involving Coles and Woolworths, delivering a major blow to the widespread use of annualised salary arrangements. Here, Lisa Qiu, Partner at Citation Legal, dives deeper into the 195-page decision, explains the key learnings of this case, and answers the question on every employer’s mind: where to from here?